Snow Stuck in the snow

[davitk]

I think back on my young and foolish days back in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, delivering pizzas with my '78 Jeep Cherokee, full-time 4WD manly-man's go anywhere SUV, coming across an icy curve at 20 mph and finally just letting go of the wheel because nothing I did had any impact whatsoever.... Contrast that one winter earlier, '71 VW Westfalia campervan in Lake Tahoe, rear wheel drive STUDDED snow tires, go anywhere peacemobile.....

Never got either one stuck, but guess which one worked better on the ice?

 

[john_bud]

Got my L3410 stuck in the back yard with R4's. It slid sideways down a very gentle slope. Forward resulted in sideways. Backward resulted in sideways. 5 hours of shoveling resulted in getting out. Snow was no more than 6 inches and it was no more than a 2 foot drop over 50 ft of run.

Get chains that the links are connected together. "H" pattern or a ring.

jb

 

[megaboz]

BX23 with turf tires, no chains, NOT stuck while plowing.

Wow, that was on my birthday, of course it always snows that week

 

[teachdocs]

What do I want on my tractor; chains to improve the traction or a camera to satisfy teachdoc's curiosity?

Now we are getting somewhere. Lots of opinions, but guess you can never have too much traction. I was just hoping for some good pictures to give us all a good laugh on how we "manage" the weather.

I actually have both turfs and ag tires. The turfs have been on once . . . ags ever since.

I'm jealous of the snow some of you get. Here in Kansas City, you gotta hurry up and shovel the snow or it will just all melt in front of your eyes.

Thanks for all the great pics so far but can we count on someone using a camera instead of chains this upcoming winter season?

 

[clenhart]

Snow??? What's that?

 

[AceDeuce]

Last year we had a snowstorm that consisted of the usual mix of a little of everything. The weather forecasters around here call it a "wintery mix", I like to call it "diarrhea snow". The next day it warmed up enough to melt the surface a little and then it got cold and stayed cold for over a week. The result was an endless landscape of solid ice. Unfortunately I didn't clear the driveway before it locked up. Neither my car, my wife's jeep nor my tractor could even make a MARK in the surface it was so hard. After several days I decided to try out the back blade on it to see if it would penetrate, but first I had to get from the barn to the driveway. Well, that was interesting to say the least. One route takes me up a fairly steep hill - not even a chance. The other way is less steep but still an incline. Ever been ice skating on your tractor? I have. It's fun, but a bit frustrating when you want it to go THIS way and it just keeps on going THAT way, dispite 4WD, AG tires, and the diff lock engaged. Too bad... it would have made a great video. Oh well, maybe I'll get another chance this season.

BTW, I did eventually manage to get to the driveway. The blade could hardly make a scratch. At one point I hooked an edge and it popped up a massive chunk about 3" thick with about an inch of gravel inbedded in the bottom.

I put it back.

The Kubota was promptly returned to the barn following a fun ride back down the hill. I then rewarded my efforts with a nice cold Samuel Adams winter larger in front of the fireplace.

 

[Greenfield Dave]

We had an interesting winter last year too! Just in time for the wife to declare that the manure spreader was full of... manure, I said, as I hooked it up. I always empty it over a sweet corn patch, with a slight slope, and guess what! I found a 3' deep drift half way down the slope!! About 2 hours later, during freezing rain, I had managed to get the spreader and tractor jackknifed and buried, but by God, the manure spreader was empty!! Finally, I got her out, using the loader as a crutch, and vowed never to do that again!! I'm not sure what was higher, my blood pressure, or the transmission temperature!!! I buried her again in the spring, near the same spot. R4 tires are not, apparently, for mud...or manure!!!!!

 

[Hvytrkmech]

I took a truck mount for a 7.5ft fisher plow and made a jig to attach it inside the bucket of my 7610. I made the plow rigid so it does not angle left or right, it take a couple extra passes to clean up, however that pails in comparison to the amount of time it takes to clean my driveway with the fel. I also have a spreader that is used as a sander. I have "silpped" on thin packed snow, but backing over with the spreader laying down salt/sand combo eliminates that problem real quick.

I will post pics if you guys want to see the set up.

Tim

 

[Northland]

Got my L3410 stuck in the back yard with R4's. It slid sideways down a very gentle slope. Forward resulted in sideways. Backward resulted in sideways. 5 hours of shoveling resulted in getting out. Snow was no more than 6 inches and it was no more than a 2 foot drop over 50 ft of run.

Get chains that the links are connected together. "H" pattern or a ring.

jb

The same thing happened to me last winter with my B7800. I slid up against a maple tree. I ended up getting my rear blade behind another maple and had to cut the maple down. Luckily a neighour drove by and we pulled the tractor out with my truck. After that experience I bought chains for the rear tires. This winter I am putting them on the front tires too!

I'm not stuck in the attached pics but you'll get an idea how much snow we get off the NE shore of Lake Superior.

 

[hayden]

Anyone have Ag tires and still find a need for chains? If so, what type of chains do you use?

I've had R4s so far and found chains indispensible, but my new tractor has Ags. I figured I wait and see how things go this winter.